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TREFFLE GARGEAU AND EDWARD DE LA GRANJA, OF BOSTON, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

' Letters Patent No. 75,406, dated ZVIarch 10, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, Tnnrrni'i GARCEAU and .EowAnn DE LA GRANJ-A, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Hats, Caps, Bonnets, Neck-Ties, and Ribbons; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suflicicnt to enable those skilled in the art to which ourinvention appertains to make use of it.

This invention consists in combining paper-pulp, India rubber, and paraffinc in certain proportions, and thereby forming a composition peculiarly adapted to the manufacture of hats, caps, bonnets, neck-ties, ribbons, and other similar articles, f

To form this composition, we dissolve India rubber in ether, and melt paraifine by the application of heat until both are in a condition which admits of their being kneaded with paper-pulp into one homogeneous compound. We then take from two to twenty -parts of the dissolved Ilidia rubber, from one to five parts of paruflinc, and one hundred parts of paper-pulp, and thoroughly mix them by kneading or heating, until the whole mass assumes a uniform consistency and becomes homogeneous in character;

In the manufacture of the articles above enumerated, the composition which we have described may be used either alone or in conjunction with some textile fabric, such as stiff muslin, long lawn, cotton or linen cloth, &c., Ste. If used in connection with the cloth, it may be spread or rolled upon the cloth by means of an ordinary roller, rolling-press, or machine, and may he prepared. in this manner in slabs or smooth boards, of any desired dimensions. 7

Having thus prepared the material, we next proceed to color it as the fancy may suggest. It will receive the most delicate shades and tints, as well as the most brilliant colors, and may be beautifully embellished with designs of fruits, flowers, leaves, insects, &c.

From the material thus fully prepared, we manufacture hats, caps, and ,honnets by compressing it to the proper shape in moulds constructed in different fashions, so as to imitate silks, woollens, plaited straw, or any other material usually employed in the manufacture of such articles. Neck-ties, ribbons, &c., may be made from it in a similar way, cutting and stamping them out with dies. so constructed that vwhen-the articles are finished they are a perfect imitation of silks, woollens, linen, or any other material used in the manufacture of these and similar articles.

Having thus described our iuvention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The composition above described, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The process of manufacturing hats, caps, bonnets, neck-tics, and ribbons, substantially as specified.

TREFFLE GARCEAU, EDWARD DE LA GR'ANJA.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH P. Rooms, (LG. 'lnonns. 

